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hey everyone, starting a new "job"...they want to be able to post info on their own, and they are lucky if they can log-on the 'net, so i dont think editing raw code is an option. the site is basically a way to let people in a group know if they are meeting together or not, and other such informational things.
i was thinking along the lines of setting up a page that would be protected through .htaccess and then have a box to put in a subject line and a header...when they press submit, it goes directly to the page that i have setup to display the news.
would it work to do a CGI "post" kinda thing (no PHP support as of now)? or would it be too much work and just better to go with a WEBlog kinda thing? thanks! and any hints on the code would be appreciated!
zollet posted this at 00:28 — 4th January 2003.
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I'm not sure if I fully understand what you want to do, but I think a news script would do the job here (?). Try searching hotscripts.com for a flat text based CGI new script.
kb posted this at 00:32 — 4th January 2003.
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no i dont think so...just a basic submission that he could type in some text..and then it would "post" and be displayed on a page
Busy posted this at 07:55 — 4th January 2003.
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do you just want it displayed on the page or saved to be displayed at anytime? if the later you'll need a databse or write to flat file which some hosts don't allow
Mark Hensler posted this at 08:14 — 4th January 2003.
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If you don't mind overkill, you could just get a CGI bulletin board.
Suzanne posted this at 18:38 — 4th January 2003.
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That's exactly what a news script does. Or a blog script.
kb posted this at 22:01 — 4th January 2003.
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oh when you said "news script" i thought you meant like a router news puller...lol
thanks, i was thinking about that...i'll just go with a blog then
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